| Sunday, 11 November 2007 |
| pain theory |
I sometimes wonder how many of us out there are subscribers to the 'Pain Theory'.
That pain, is good. Its part of the natural order of things, its part of your body's way of communicating with you, it lets you know that something's wrong, and it garners you into action.
Pain is good. It exists and hurts for a reason. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and if you learn to deal with the pain, to live with it, to not give in to it, to exercise your will in overcoming its effects on you, you'll leave the situation stronger than you once were.
It may sound sick or perverse to let yourself be tormented by the pain, but if you overcome it, the satisfaction and the high that you ride on is intense. Its so intense that it's addictive. And if there's anything humans can't deal with properly, its addiction. Because we need some form of addiction to survive.
I am a subscriber of the 'Pain Theory'. I sometimes choose to go ahead and do things the hard way, even though I know that most people will avoid doing them the way I choose to, because my way's so much more inconvenient or painful.
But even though the harder way might hurt, it doesn't mean you avoid it altogether, and choose to hide from it.
Very often in life, people want things to be simple and easy, but the truth is, when things end up like that, you're usually just avoiding the truth and the reality of it all.
Because not everything in life is meant to be simple or easy. Sometimes, the easy way isn't necessarily the right way. Everyone has to eventually choose between what is right, and what is easy.
Life is one whole cycle of highs and lows. How well you learn to face the 'lows' in life, will determine how fast you recover from it, and how intense your next 'high' will be.
But facing your fears and facing the things that hurt you isn't something anyone can do. Most people avoid it by numbing the pain, with fun, with alcohol, but the truth is, numbing the pain isn't the solution to your problems. If any, its just a temporary fix.
What you need to do is to just face your nightmares, once and for all, pluck up the courage to fight it, get it over and done with, excise it from your system and then you'll be free for the rest of your life.
I think most people find it ridiculous that I did not move my driving test from a week where I have my Neuroscience CA, and while they don't show it, they secretly tell themselves that I am a goner for doing so.
But hey, I believe that if anything, it builds character.
Its 'Pain Theory' in motion, and even if I end up failing either one or even both, would I pity myself? I think not. I would be proud that I took the risk and not choose the easy way out.Labels: emo |
posted by voldemort33 @ 11:08  |
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